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I think the best place to lose your job is the US. The economy is dynamic, people are raised with tales of startups and success, folks don't feel bound by clas
by tjic 18y ago
I think the best place to lose your job is the US. The economy is dynamic, people are raised with tales of startups and success, folks don't feel bound by class or caste or good taste in not rocking the boat, there's not too much credentialism, taxes are high (but not as high as elsewhere).
If you're forward thinking and interested in creating value, the best place on earth to be unemployed is the place where it's easiest to launch a new firm and have a chance of winning really really big.
- eru 18y agoI agree with your reasoning. Only, I would be more careful about the superlatives: Compare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ease_of_Doing_Business_Index#Ranking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ease_of_Doing_Business_Index#Ra...
- umjames 18y agoI think the deeper question here is how eager are the recently-unemployed to find another job and what is the key motivating factor to get another job? I think it's highly related to how people in different countries view the world of work. I can't speak for other countries, but in the US, I think that most people view work as a necessary evil. They don't view their jobs as opportunities to make a self-satisfying difference. It's just a place to trade 40 hours (or more) a week for a paycheck. Most American workers feel overworked and constantly exhausted. When they lose their jobs, depending on their financial situation, they don't rush to find the next one. This is most likely because they use their period of unemployment as a substitute for the rest they didn't get while working. Perhaps if we improved the world of work, the world of unemployment would also improve.